Beauport Lake
lake in Quebec, Canada
The lac Beauport is a body of water located north of Quebec, surrounded by the municipality of Lac-Beauport, in the La Jacques-Cartier Regional County Municipality, in the region of Capitale-Nationale, in the province of Quebec, in Canada. It covers an area of 0.8 square kilometres (0.31 sq mi), at a maximum depth of 13 meters. The lake outlet flows into the Jaune River.
Lac Beauport is mainly supplied by the outlet of Lagueux and Tourbillon lakes and by the outlet of a small unidentified lake.
Lac Beauport is mainly served by the Chemin du Tour du Lac and some secondary roads for the needs of recreational tourism activities (especially vacationing) and forestry.
The surface of Lac Beauport is generally frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March; safe circulation on the ice is generally done from the end of December to the beginning of March.
Description
The lake is supplied by four main tributaries, two of which are intermittent. It then pours into the Jaune River. Between the lake and the river, a small dam controls the level of the lake.
Concentrations of phosphorus increased to a maximum in 1999 (19 mg/L) and then fell again in 2005 (7 mg/L).
“Beauport Lake” enters the record as lake in Quebec, Canada. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Beauport, Lake and lake can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 25, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q20127567. Authority coordinates are 46.954, -71.275. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1999 and 2005.
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